ornamental Definition
or·na·men·tal (ôr′nə ment′'l)
adjective
serving as or pertaining to an ornament; decorative
noun
something ornamental; specif., a plant or shrub grown for its decorative effect
ornamental Related Forms
or′·na·men′·tally adverb
ornamental Synonyms
ornamental
modif.
Providing ornament
embellishing, adorning, decorative, decorating, making pleasing, rendering attractive, decking, setting off, gracing, garnishing, enhancing, heightening, furbishing, ornamentive, dressy, accessory, florid. Intended for ornament
Beautiful
ornamental Usage Examples
Converse of object
- grow: For use as a drench in all pot grown ornamentals grown inside and out.
- do: All the ornamentals done well in 8 -10 inch pots growing to about 1 foot high with a good crop of chillis on.
Adjective modifier
- other: In the UK, the disease has also occurred on other ornamentals such as Pieris ( Inman et al.
- exotic: Ride the waves sky over waikiki exotic ornamentals and.
- outdoor: Others are grown as indoor or outdoor ornamentals, or in collections of succulent plants.
- different: The school already has a range of containers and planters in which there are different ornamentals and bulbs.
- marine: Division research and education programs address the culture of mollusks, crustaceans, marine ornamentals, food fish, seaweed, and biomedical species.
Modifies a noun
- pond: An ornamental pond can be found in the center of the garden, close to which is the tea garden.
- shrub: At present this does not include fruit trees, ornamental shrubs, climbers or ground cover plants.
- plasterwork: The other remarkable feature is the ornamental plasterwork on the ceilings.
- fountain: A large ornamental fountain has been placed here, the gift of Messrs. Buchanan Brothers.
- ironwork: At the entrance to the Machinery Court was the magnificent ornamental ironwork of Walter Macfarlane & Co's Saracen Foundry at Possilpark.
- stonework: He engaged Farmer & Brindley of Westminster Bridge Road, London, to provide ornamental stonework for the church.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: From the 18th century, it was popular as a purely ornamental feature.
- highly: The ceremonial mace of today is a highly ornamental descendant of the prehistoric club!
- merely: Originally it was the water supply for the house, but is now merely ornamental.
- particularly: And she looked at Carr and smiled, as tho he were particularly ornamental.
- very: The silver birch is a very ornamental tree with many named varieties.
- rather: The old stereotypes of white robes, harps and frankly rather ornamental wings still persist.
Noun used with modifier
greenhouse: Tomato spotted wilt virus survey among greenhouse ornamentals in Pennsylvania.

